Last week, God of War Ragnarok was released on PC, and predictably, players on Steam lamented Sony's PSN mandate, promptly resorting to review bombing the game. Swiftly, a mod was created to get around this pesky requirement, and just as swiftly, its author pulled it from the internet, fearful of Sony's legal wrath.

A new God of War Ragnarok mod does away with the pesky PSN sign-in requirement that's proven pretty unpopular among players.

Just a few days after its release, the mod PC players have been using to bypass Sony's God of War Ragnarök PSN requirement has suddenly been taken offline.

Just days after PlayStation game God of War Ragnarok launched on PC to a ‘mixed’ Steam user review rating over its forced PlayStation Network account linking, a mod has been released that bypasses the requirement entirely.

God of War Ragnarok is finally out on Steam, except it has launched to a Mixed rating on Steam, and yes, it is because of that PSN requirement.

God of War Ragnarök is an excellent game; most honest Steam reviews indicate as much. It was also voted "Most Wanted Game" by the Golden Joystick

Since Sony hasn't dropped the PSN requirement from God of War Ragnarok's PC port, a modder took actions into their own hands.

There's a bit of a feud going on at the moment between PC players who don't want to sign into PSN accounts on top of their Steam accounts and Sony, a megacorporation that almost certainly will not budge on the issue.

A God of War Ragnarok PC mod intended to let players bypass the controversial PlayStation Network sign-in requirement has been taken offline by the mod author. First reported by PC Gamer, iArtoriasUA's NoPSSDK mod was designed to disable the PSN account-linking overlay and mimic a fully offline mode.